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Middle of the pack
Beat 50% of Show HN launches that day
#82 of 181 on Nov 12
20.0% of Business Ops & SMB Software launches (1 of 5) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Business Ops & SMB Software →
points · since listing → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 19, 13:47 UTC).
comments · buzz +1 in latest interval
listed Nov 12, 13:47 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in BOPS this week
- #4of 8 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #339of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 20.0%1/5 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 1over 21h
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Top on Nov 12 · 181 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription, so I built my own app516 points
- #2AgentRunopen-source, Self-improving Managed Agents103 points
- #3Fable52.gamesPlay and inspect Fable 5.2 single-file HTML games68 points
- #4KapsoIterative learning from enterprise data45 points
- #5Apron Chat Protocol44 points
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Grades · each graded against other Business Ops & SMB Software launches from the same source
Momentum
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Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Listed in the latest interval; no earlier reading to compare
Velocity
A0.10 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 88% · vs 29 Business Ops & SMB Software · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #82 of 181 Show HN launches on 2026-11-12
- #80Interactive HDR and Wide-Gamut WebGPU Planetary Elevation Visualization2 points
- #81MacRun, dedicated Mac Minis you can rent by the day2 points
- #82Sextant, one command to tune Firefox and Chrome with admin policies2 points
- #83IIoTjob2 points
- #84I scan App Store release notes to track iPhone Duo support2 points
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